Over the last four decades, Nicolas Kim Coppola — or, as we know him best, Nic Cage — has gotten into some serious cinematic scrapes, fighting everyone from John Travolta (Face/Off) to Morgana le Fay (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) to his kids (Mom And Dad) to, well, himself (The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent). In Lotfy Nathan's upcoming supernatural horror joint The Carpenter's Son though, Cage — alongside FKA twigs and Noah Jupe — is about to face the ultimate foe: Satan. Yeah, it's Nic Cage vs The Devil in a horror movie of quite literally biblical proportions here — and if the first trailer's anything to go by, we're in for one hell of a battle. Check out the trailer below;
"Let my faith endure." So pleads a gravelly-toned Joseph (Cage) at the start of this ominous first trailer for The Carpenter's Son. But in the arid, Roman era world of Lotfy Nathan's feature narrative filmmaking debut, that looks like a tall order. As we see here, Mary (twigs), Joseph, and Jesus (June) — yes, the Mary, Joseph, and Jesus — have plenty on their plate in this one even before a creepy kid (Isla Johnston) rocks up, dripping poison in the son of God's ear, performing bad miracles, and conjuring mouth snakes. If it sounds nuts, then that'll be because it looks nuts: it also looks beautifully shot and possibly just mad enough a concept to verge on genius.
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And here's the official synopsis: "A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces in The Carpenter’s Son. Joseph (Nicolas Cage), Mary (FKA twigs) and their teenage son Jesus (Noah Jupe) have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions. But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston) tries to entice young Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work. Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan."
Will The Carpenter's Son be a devilish delight, or an unholy mess? Only time will tell. But you can bet we'll be seated and ready to find out when it hits UK cinemas — which will hopefully be soon after the movie's 14 November release stateside.